ShoobieRat
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I originally had this problem on an XP machine with a asus motherboard. When that got fried, I bought a gigabyte board. Without doing anything to the bios or setup, I now have my machine turning itself off when I hit shutdown. That leads me to suspect that it is a mobo-bios specific issue, as it is the hardware that actually has to do the turning off. I know some mobos don't support active switching.
Also, I will note that I have experienced similar shutdown changes on Win2k machines.
Oh, and yakir_sudry, when they're talking about the BIOS, they don't mean a feature in Windows Control Panel. BIOS is a startup utility on your mobo that you see before the OS starts. You usually have to hit a key (such as delete or F9) during the initial boot-up to access your BIOS setups. You should be told what key during the boot-up text.
Also, I will note that I have experienced similar shutdown changes on Win2k machines.
Oh, and yakir_sudry, when they're talking about the BIOS, they don't mean a feature in Windows Control Panel. BIOS is a startup utility on your mobo that you see before the OS starts. You usually have to hit a key (such as delete or F9) during the initial boot-up to access your BIOS setups. You should be told what key during the boot-up text.